Grand Island, Nebraska

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Grand Island is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Kearney. It is located about 40 miles [64 km] to the west of Grand Island and has a population of 27,431 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Aurora	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	4,198	0.64% decrease
	Central City	NE	23 mi [37.01 km]	2,828	5.67% decrease
	Fullerton	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	1,221	11.39% decrease
	Geneva	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	2,037	8.49% decrease
	Gibbon	SW	27 mi [43.45 km]	1,847	5% increase
	Harvard	SE	25 mi [40.23 km]	873	12.53% decrease
	Hastings	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	25,394	5.53% increase
	Minden	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	2,802	5.47% decrease
	Ravenna	W	29 mi [46.67 km]	1,316	1.86% decrease
	Saint Paul	N	20 mi [32.19 km]	2,199	0.86% decrease
	Shelton	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	1,157	1.49% increase
	Stromsburg	E	42 mi [67.6 km]	1,110	9.9% decrease
	Sutton	SE	34 mi [54.7 km]	1,317	8.98% decrease
	Wood River	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,193	0.91% decrease
	York	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	7,870	2.61% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alda	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	640	1.84% decrease
	Cairo	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	782	1.01% decrease
	Chapman	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	306	10.26% decrease
	Dannebrog	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	330	6.25% decrease
	Doniphan	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	754	1.18% decrease
	Farwell	NW	24 mi [38.62 km]	139	6.08% decrease
	Giltner	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	401	3.08% increase
	Good Samaritan Village	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	---
	Howard City	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	207	6.33% decrease
	Juniata	S	24 mi [38.62 km]	770	11.11% increase
	Marquette	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	266	5.67% decrease
	Palmer	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	428	9.32% decrease
	Phillips	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	317	5.65% decrease
	Prosser	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	99	5.32% increase
	Trumbull	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	185	12.74% decrease

Hall County

Grand Island is located in Hall County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hall: Adams, Buffalo, Hamilton, Howard and Merrick.

While not sharing a border with Hall, the counties of Clay and Sherman are close to Grand Island.

Below are counties that are near Grand Island (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Grand Island:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Grand Island
	Adams County	S	Hansen	15 miles [24 km]
	Buffalo County	W	Saint Michael	21 miles [33 km]
	Clay County	S	Inland	23 miles [37 km]
	Fillmore County	SE	Bixby	35 miles [56 km]
	Greeley County	N	Wolbach	33 miles [53 km]
	Hamilton County	E	Phillips	8 miles [12 km]
	Howard County	N	Saint Libory	11 miles [17 km]
	Kearney County	SW	Lowell	31 miles [49 km]
	Merrick County	NE	Lockwood	7 miles [11 km]
	Nance County	N	North Star	33 miles [53 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Nebraska<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Grand Island. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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